During October 19 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Board of Directors meeting (full video web cast of meeting here), RIOC President Susan Rosenthal reported that the Tram Platform Repair project is on schedule to be completed by end of the year and next week work will switch

IDNYC is the new, free identification card for all New York City residents, which gives all of us the opportunity to show who we are—New Yorkers. As a government-issued photo identification card, IDNYC secures the peace of mind and access to City services that come from having recognized identification. IDNYC benefits every city resident, including the most vulnerable communities—the homeless, youth, the elderly, undocumented immigrants, the formerly incarcerated and others who may have difficulty obtaining other government-issued ID.

IDNYC cardholders can access services and programs offered by the City as well as by businesses. IDNYC helps enhance public safety, by serving as a recognized ID for interacting with NYPD. It also helps New Yorkers gain access to all City buildings that provide services to the public and is accepted as a form of identification for accessing numerous City programs and services. IDNYC also provides a dynamic series of benefits to cardholders, including a free one-year membership at many of the City's leading museums, zoos, concert halls, and botanical gardens.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Roosevelt Island resident Mark Shinozaki presented his idea of creating a Roosevelt Island Time Capsule to the Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) October 4 Common Council during it's Public Session. Mr. Shinozaki was assisted in the presentation by RIRA's Children, Youth and Education (CY&E) Committee Chair Adib Mansour.

Here's the Roosevelt Island Time Capsule Presentation to RIRA Common Council.

Mr. Mansour adds:

Roosevelt Island Community-Wide TIME CAPSULE PROJECT

The RIRA CY&E Committee is thrilled to support a fantastic Time Capsule project initiated by Mark Shinozaki to capture the past, present, and endless future possibilities of Roosevelt Island.

The CY&E Committee will work with Mark to make it a leadership project with students from diversified backgrounds. The process will include:

We intend to include all aspects of the island. We will also create a series of competitions for the Elementary school students to draw a futuristic map of Roosevelt Island as they see it in the future, essays on future technologies and how it would help the island residents by young teens, and ideal future as seen by teens and young adults.

All of the images, interviews and artifacts collected will be stored in the Roosevelt Island Time Capsule and would be opened in 25 years, replenished and re-opened in the next 25 years after.

Following our recent conversation with RIOC President Susan Rothenthal and Gallery Rivaa’s architect and artist Tad Sudol, we envision the the Roosevelt Island Time Capsule being part of a monument. We intend the Roosevelt Island Time Capsule Monument to be futuristic and artistic, encompassing the past, present and future of Roosevelt Island. It will be self standing, very noticeable and able to withstand the weather elements for 50 years.

We are currently looking for a team of Middle and High School students to take charge of collecting photographs, conducting interviews, administer competitions, and keep updates. The team will meet with RIRA’s CY&E Committee once a week to show updates and discuss next steps.

The RIYP Soccer League mid-season round up and the road to the playoffs has arrived!!

This season has been a emotion filled roller coaster like every other prior season. We have seemingly unstoppable teams being upset and goals scored by surprising players. In every division there has been tremendous growth combined with the ebbs and flows of sports.

The consistent theme for every division has been goal tending and scoring.

In the absence of one, they have relied on the other to push forward to success. Teamwork and comradery has grown while the execution on the field has ripened through the season. The 2017 Season of the Roosevelt Island Youth Program Soccer League

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